Songlin Village is the name of this village located next to the dense forest and far away from the city. The name sounds a bit elegant, very similar to a down-and-out poet who was passing by when he was staying in a roadside inn, and lamented that I was full of alcohol. Why was it demoted again? I gave it a random name, but in fact this village was just thought of by the villagers themselves: because there is a pine forest behind the village. If there is a rocky slope behind the village, do you think they can come up with such an elegant name—I don’t believe they can come up with the three characters Shijiazhuang.
Although this village is remote, it's not too small, and it doesn't look too poor. It may be located on the border between the Principality of Hasad and the country. Occasionally, travelers will pass through dense forests and mountain roads. The small village also maintains a proper prosperity. It seems that there are about a hundred families here, and the houses are scattered on both sides of a small river that passes through the village. In front of the village is the forest we just walked out of, and behind the village stands a mountain that looks quite imposing. . The terrain on both sides of this mountain gradually slowed down, and then rose suddenly. It should be part of a mountain range, and the small river passing through the village is parallel to the mountain range, and it makes a bend in the distance and leads to the mountain. Snow water flowing down the mountain. Backed by high mountains and facing the forest, even the river flowing through the village comes down from the mountains. It can be said that this place is quite closed. If you look at it from the perspective of economic development, it is definitely not a good place, but if you want to Nearly 80 years old, with weak waist and leg pain, looking for a place to retire, then there is no better place than here: look at the environment here!
The big fool led us up the gravel road in the village, Ding Dong sneaked out his little head from my pocket, and looked around curiously with everyone. This village doesn't even have a wall, only a fence around the outside to prevent wild animals is considered a demarcation, and of course there is no gate at the entrance of the village, walking on a man-made road is considered entering the village. Even the fence around the village didn’t seem to be taken seriously by the villagers: I saw at least four or five families who built houses hundreds of meters away from the fence outside the village, living in isolation as if they were out of this world. , according to the cleanliness and specifications of those houses, I judge that their owners were not thrown out of the village by the neighbors because they splashed dirty water at the door all day long...
Because it is close to the woods, most of the houses in the village are made of local materials, basically all of which are wooden structures. These houses look a bit like the old wooden houses in Europe. The rough planks were nailed together to form the walls without even cleaning the bark. Hemp rope and black mud were stuffed in the middle to keep out the wind. Most of the houses are two-story. The top is a sloping roof paved with wooden tiles, and the bottom is supported by thick wooden piles. It is about half a meter above the ground to prevent moisture, and the house is accessed by several wooden stairs. Some houses with courtyards should belong to rich families, but they are also crowded together with the surrounding old wooden houses at random, without any distinction between high and low. Dried leather and jerky can be seen hanging on the front eaves of almost every house, and some tools that have no obvious function but are obviously not related to farming are placed under the window sills. I guess it has something to do with hunting or leather making: There is not much land around this village that can be used for farming, so hunting should be the main source of livelihood for the villagers. I am very worried that if the folk customs in this place are tough and everyone is a hunter of this level, will the unlucky beasts in the forest be enough for them to bully...
This village is so plain and simple that I walked for a long time, but I couldn't see whether they had a place called "village chief's house" as an administrative center. At this time, the sun was setting in the sky, and it was the time for every household to cook on fire. The smoke from the cooking in the village was wafting, and there was everywhere...although it couldn't smell what it was, but it smelled good. On the road, you can see villagers in twos and threes wandering around, most of them are men waiting for a good meal at home after a busy day. Most of these locals have high nose bridges and deep eye sockets, and they are slightly Westerner. After seeing them, I was sure of one thing: the stupid big man and the muscles are indeed genetic mutations, and most of the people in this place are still normal. …
The silly big guy greeted everyone cheerfully. He seemed to be very popular in the village. The villagers didn't look surprised when they saw this brown bear dragging a real bear behind him. Some people responded exaggeratedly. "Silly man, if you have more strength, you should go to the mountain to slay the dragon?" Some looked happy: "Hey - enough for the whole village to eat for a few days! If you go on like this, other hunters in the village should forget all their skills Already!" Then 100% of the villagers will focus on the few of us: "Is it a traveler?"
"It's wandering scholars from the imperial capital, they are all people with knowledge and status!"
The stupid big man took the trouble to introduce this to everyone, with an almost proud look on his face, as if he had made such an introduction for us, and he also got the light of "knowledge". Then the villagers would look at us with surprise and admiration, bowing slightly and sighing: "People who come to the imperial capital wear different clothes every time, and the changes in the big cities are indeed faster than those in the countryside..."
I returned the salute to them while wiping the cold sweat from my forehead, thinking that fortunately these people who are struggling to make ends meet don’t think too much about trivia besides filling their stomachs, and they don’t think too much about outsiders except curiosity. Such a small village is much better than teleporting directly to a big city. Speaking of such a simple village, such a peaceful atmosphere, and such simple people—I almost forgot that this world is next to the deadliest powder keg in the void.
"Wait for me to come down, I'll go and put the prey in front of the statue, so that the whole village can eat it." The stupid big man turned his head and said in a rough voice, I heard the word "goddess" in his mouth, and instantly With a heartbeat, he and Bingtis yelled in unison: "Wait a minute, let's go too!"
The silly big man was startled by our voice, and then he showed a clear look: "Oh, yes, everyone has to say hello to the goddess, especially if you are traveling, I forgot about that."
Idols, goddesses, local world beliefs—nine times out of ten these have something to do with the artifact we're looking for. Bingtis failed to sense the breath of the artifact with his protoss talent. The thing should not be simply hidden somewhere on this planet, so he can only find clues from the beliefs and myths of the local civilization. Now the goddess mentioned by the silly big man should have a lot to do with it.
We followed the big man and came to the place where the statue was placed: there was no church or any other special buildings as expected. This was the largest open space in the village. It seemed to be a place where villagers gathered for activities. It is placed high on a circular stone platform in the middle of the open space. It was a statue carved out of ordinary rocks, which looked as tall as a real person. Although the material was simple, it was very fine and meticulous. It was obvious that the craftsman who carved it had a pious and cautious heart when cutting the knife. On the statue is a beautiful and refined woman, with long hair and shawl, with a kind and majestic expression, wearing a gorgeous female armor. I compare it with the image of "Star Field Scout" I have seen in my mind After a while, I found that the two do have two or three similarities, but...
Obviously not the same person.
However, the resemblance is second to none. Ordinary people in this world must have never seen the face of a true god. That goddess has been dead for many years. The religion of this world is likely to be spawned by the disturbance of the information left by the artifact. And even if someone has seen what the real God looks like, they may not 100% copy the image of God to their own works, but will make certain beautification and modification—anyway, I have seen it in the Temple of the Goddess of Life everywhere. I have seen the statue of Ding Dang, and Ding Dang himself has never shown the expression on it that saves all sentient beings, and I guess there are not many monks who dare to hang up the goddess with a sugary smile all over her face. Visiting people at the door of the church...
Qianqian lightly touched Bingtis' arm, and the rest of us also focused our attention on the female hooligan, who had a faint golden halo in his eyes, and then she shook her head: "It's just a stone statue, I can't feel it." Divinity... At least I can't feel it now. But it can't be ruled out that the religion behind this statue is related to the artifact, after all, this is only a small place, and the power of the artifact may not be enough to benefit here."
Finally, Bingtis added: "After all, that thing should be the USB flash drive that Scout used back then..."
Let's not discuss the topic that the Protoss used to scratch even a tickle can be used to slay dragons.
The big fool put the giant bear monster that he had dragged all the way in front of the goddess statue with ease, the ground trembled three times, and then the thick and clumsy man bowed his head and prayed silently, looking still Quite pious: It seems that the belief in this goddess has become the basic culture on this planet, and even such a crude hunter has a pious heart. I thought about it, and it seems that I should also pretend to be praying, so as to prevent the passing villagers from mistaking that the people who came today are heretics or something, so I lowered my head and silently recited the multiplication table, and Qianqian next to me followed suit. Lowering her head: she was reciting recipes. Bingtis is the most interesting, she lowered her head and muttered there: "Hello, old man, I am Bingtis, an archaeological expert sent by the God Realm, and this one next to me is Father God's buddy, he will mourn with you for three minutes It's time for you to rest in peace, so hurry up and give us your USB flash drive. This world is not peaceful, and there are a bunch of bastards waiting to make trouble outside. The younger generation is being polite here, and holy to her..."
I am very worried that if the old man is really alive, will the artifact explode to prove his integrity because of the nonsense of Bingtis...
At this time, the big stupid man had finished his brief prayer. This giant-like strong man looked nondescript when he lowered his head to pray, three parts gentle and seven parts beast, but after raising his head and turning around, he looked more comfortable Now, he smiled at us: "Well, I'm done. If you don't mind, you can come to my house to rest. There is nothing in my house, but the house is big, and there are several empty rooms that are not needed. Originally The village head should arrange someone to entertain the guests, but the village head went to the city two days ago, and he probably won’t be back until tomorrow morning…”
Of course we had no objections, we all nodded, and Qianqian pointed curiously at the dead bear that was placed in front of the statue in the open air: "Is it just placed in the square like this?"
The silly big man nodded: "Well, just leave it alone, and put it in front of the goddess statue overnight, otherwise the black cub's meat will not be able to be cut. Tomorrow the priest of the village will come to cut the meat and cook it, and the whole village will eat meat at noon At that time, the village chief also came back, just in time for him to take the first bite."
—It seems that this is some kind of unique custom. The so-called priest should be a religious person. I didn't expect such a small village to have a "priest" who sounds high-end and majestic, and I didn't expect that the priest was also responsible for cooking big pot meals for the whole village. There is also a goddess in the religious system who even manages the big pot. But it’s okay to think about it. The direct connection between the "goddess" believed by the locals and the Star Domain god system is only a USB flash drive. Strictly speaking, the religion of this world belongs to the original sect, and has nothing to do with any of the Star Domain's teachings. Anyway, except that Sandora will become a god in the future, I really can’t imagine anyone’s Bible will have such a sentence: Priests, priests, and bishops are in charge of the big spoon, and the master cooks the big pot for the believers, and organizes prayers by the way...
Of course, strictly speaking, it is not without precedent for the clergy to organize big pot meals in the doctrine. Isn't this thing called "community" in an elegant way? I can only say that it’s the stupid big man’s way of describing it that makes people feel that the goddess of this world can’t teach the Holy Communion…
We were led by the silly big man to the door of his house, which was a big house with a courtyard, just on the bank of the river. Apparently, he is superior in force and can feed the whole village by himself. He has the wealth in the village that matches his combat power: a big house. The villagers didn't regard this big man as a cheap coolie because of his honesty (we have already seen that normal people in this world should be smarter than the big fool, just as they are generally thinner than the big fool, the latter is an intellectual A cute guy who has genetic mutations in both body and body), although it may be because he can’t beat him, but I would rather think that this is a manifestation of the simplicity of the people: the geography of this world is hard enough, let’s keep it Let's have a good vision, at least keep some good vision for this village.
This big house with a yard has details that match the silly big one: its gate is almost twice the size of other normal houses. Pandora, who was screaming, and Viska, who was looking around, wondered if these two little girls had the illusion that they had passed through the Nantianmen. Thinking of this, I quickly bent down to remind the two little guys: "This big man is a good man, you two are not allowed to have any objections to his height."
Pandora gave a dumb expression, while Viska smiled happily: "Brother, don't worry, I've been going to Atlantis every day for a while now, and my resistance has already come up!"
Just like other houses in the village, this "mansion" with a small courtyard is also made of wood. It has a two-story main house and a single-story wooden house built opposite the main house. It looks like a long wooden shed that looks like a warehouse or firewood house. The courtyard wall is split in half with heavy logs and smashed into the ground. The clean wooden heart faces inward, and the wooden fences of the courtyard wall are wrapped with animal tendons. Stand up and look solid. There are many wooden shelves in the yard, and some leathers can be seen drying in the yard. It seems that as a hunter, the big fool can not only hunt, but also make leather. After letting us into the yard, he immediately went to the huge wooden barrel in the corner to fill a half-iron pot of water, and hurriedly ran to the kitchen: "Wait a minute, I'll boil the water, you people from the city are not used to drinking it Raw water. But the water is actually quite clean. It has been cleared in a bucket for another day after coming down from the mountain... "
This big guy is really warm-hearted. We are all very sorry to see him running around like this. Even Qianqian couldn't help it. The girl ran over to help, but the other party was not happy: The guests are going to do it! Let the villagers know that they will be laughed at!"
Seeing his resolute attitude, Qianqian had no choice but to return it. The few of us summed it up and rummaged through our bags (these bags were taken out of the space before meeting the big man to cover up people’s eyes. After all, we are not sure about the worldview of the locals.) Is there a setting to take things out of the portable space in the game), and took out the dry food that my sister and An Weina prepared for everyone before departure: homemade scones and muffins. Each of us has a lot of dry food and snacks. According to my sister’s habit of packing luggage, it is not difficult to imagine that the dry food brought by the few of us is actually enough to solve a small famine. After Ding Dong helped to confirm that these foods can also be eaten by local humans, we sent these things to the kitchen and said that we would eat them when we had dinner together at night. Faced with this kind of sharing, the big man was very happy to accept it.
Then we idly waited for the dark in the yard, while lamenting how unexpected the world on the "line of fire" is in the spiritual connection. After a while, Lin Xue started to play childish ropes with Viska out of boredom, and Bingtis began to discuss with me the action plan for tomorrow. We decided to get a general understanding of the world in the village first. What is the local customs and goddess belief, and then check whether the local people and local creatures have divine remnants caused by artifacts, especially focusing on whether the so-called "priest" is blessed by the divine power of the star field.
If they can't find enough information here, the group will prepare to head to the "Emperor Capital" or the Hasad Principality, where they should be able to find clues to the artifact.
Of course, all of this is based on not arousing suspicion and not destroying the lives of local people. I found it inconvenient to lose Sandora's mind-interfering power.
Because this world is in a dangerous "fire-line" zone, try not to use psionic equipment such as portable satellites and probes if we can, so our actions seem to be at a loss. If this is not the case, look for a mere artifact Should be easier.
At this time, a black shadow suddenly ran into the middle of us a few times. It turned out to be the clever kitten named "Xiao Hei" raised by the big man. This cat, like most of its kind, always has a lazy and indifferent attitude towards strangers, but now it probably sees that we are going to spend the night at this house, so it comes to look at it curiously Get up everyone. It is obviously an animal, but the black cat squats on the ground and looks around, but it looks like the hostess of this house. After a short look, it can't hold back, and stretches out her paw to shake hands with the black cat...
Let's not consider how Qianqian's brain works, anyway, the black cat seems to really understand etiquette, stretching out its cat's paw and gently touching Qianqian's hand: this is a handshake.
"Really clever!" Qianqian became happy, and stretched out a finger in front of the black cat, "How much is this?"
Leaving aside Qian Qian's way of thinking, the black cat really meowed.
Qianqian was very happy, and stretched out three fingers: "How much is this?"
The black cat answered patiently: "Meow, meow, meow."
This time, all of our eyes were on the cat, and Qianqian continued to ask without hesitation: "What is three plus two?"
The black cat yawned, and seemed a little impatient: "Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow!"
Qianqian was stunned for a moment, then her brain opened wide: "What is twenty thousand times two?"
Before I had time to be impressed by the speed of Qianqian's thinking, the black cat gave Qianqian an impatient look: "Forty thousand." RS